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LDiCesare · #1 September 8th, 2009, 01:17 PM

3D is indeed a pain to mod, but look at Civ IV and Fall from Heaven. If nothing else, I believe the FfH models can probably be reused and imported into Elemental, thus providing some dwarves, elves and dragons.

ArkhanTheBlack · #2 September 8th, 2009, 03:44 PM

Elemental seems to get more like Total War Fantasy and not like Master of Magic.

BTW, anybody tried the Third Age mod for Medieval 2 yet? Seems to be of similar quality like FFH2 for Civ4.

Foodstamp · #3 September 8th, 2009, 04:32 PM

I'm actually playing the 3rd age mod right now for med2. I like it a lot

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NTJedi · #4 September 8th, 2009, 05:05 PM

The current game art screenshots are not the final results... only where the developers are at this point. The beta version has not even been finished, so I'm expecting the graphics will continue to improve.

In regards to game features I have read in the dev journals the game will have a random game generator, a campaign, map editor, LOTS of modding, and some multiplayer.

The chance to be part of the beta testing for this year is ending soon based on the last developer journal.

Omnirizon · #5 September 10th, 2009, 10:17 AM

What is this game? I havn't heard of it before.

It looks pretty conventional and boring to me. bleh.

Sombre · #6 September 10th, 2009, 05:13 PM

The main reason people give a crap is because stardock were supposed to be doing MoM2 essentially. But they aren't. They're just doing a soulless fantasy strat game, of which there are many.

It might be good, but judging by galciv - no soul.

MaxWilson · #7 September 10th, 2009, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sombre

The main reason people give a crap is because stardock were supposed to be doing MoM2 essentially. But they aren't. They're just doing a soulless fantasy strat game, of which there are many.

It might be good, but judging by galciv - no soul.

Sombre? This thread has kind of revived my interest in 4X games, and you seem to have good taste in games. I'm curious if you have any recommendations for games that *DO* have what you call "soul." Dwarf Fortress?

-Max

OmikronWarrior · #8 September 10th, 2009, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by MaxWilson

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Originally Posted by Sombre

The main reason people give a crap is because stardock were supposed to be doing MoM2 essentially. But they aren't. They're just doing a soulless fantasy strat game, of which there are many.

It might be good, but judging by galciv - no soul.

Sombre? This thread has kind of revived my interest in 4X games, and you seem to have good taste in games. I'm curious if you have any recommendations for games that *DO* have what you call "soul." Dwarf Fortress?

-Max

Civilization IV (especially its Beyond the Sword expansion and Fall From Heaven 2 mod) is the gold standard for 4x games right now. What Final Fantasy is to jRPGs, what Half Life is to FPS, and what Halo is to homophobes Civ is to the 4X genre. Thats not to say its everything for everybody, but it is the best place to begin if you have an interest in that genre.

ArkhanTheBlack · #9 September 10th, 2009, 06:20 PM

If you want to play Civ 4 I'd advice to jump directly to the Fall from Heaven 2 mod. It's very deep and very dark. The manual is a piece of art, and the intro has a background music that makes you almost tremble in fear, it's so thrilling.
Together with DotA for WC3 and Counterstrike for Halflife, it's probably the best mod ever made for a game (Though ME2's Third Age mod also seems to get a 'big' one...).

romis · #10 September 11th, 2009, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Sombre

The main reason people give a crap is because stardock were supposed to be doing MoM2 essentially. But they aren't. They're just doing a soulless fantasy strat game, of which there are many.

It might be good, but judging by galciv - no soul.

I found a Q&A on Gamespot, after reading it, all interest i had in this game vanished like a puff of smoke. It was all i could do to finish reading the artical. i'd say calling it soulless is being generous, but thats just me.